Freedom of information (FOI) releases from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

This is a disclosure log of UK Research and Innovation's responses to freedom of information (FOI) or environmental information regulations (EIR) requests that might be of wider public interest.

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  1. FOI2024/01031: Reasoning behind inconsistent internal and external recruitment of directors

    Request Received: 4 November 2024

    Please provide copies of all decision-making communications within UKRI, NERC and BAS explaining:

    1. Why the recruitment for the BAS Director of Polar Operations, Engineering and Infrastructure was conducted internally, whereas recruiting for the BAS Director of Science is being conducted externally? Both director roles are graded as Band X (SCS Pay Band 1). The Director of Science role has been advertised on both the Civil Service Jobs website and UKRI's. Conversely, the Director of Polar Operations, Engineering and Infrastructure role was only advertised internally within BAS for 10 days.

    2. Why the BAS Director of Polar Operations, Engineering and Infrastructure vacancy was only posted 27 months after the previous incumbent had left, during which time an interim job holder had been appointed? Conversely, the Director of Science vacancy has been posted within weeks of the previous incumbent resigning.

    3. Which roles were on the interview panel for the BAS Director of Polar Operations, Engineering and Infrastructure?

    4. Which roles will be on the interview panel for the BAS Director of Science?

    Published: 3 December 2024

  2. FOI2024/00862: Climate Change Projects and Geoengineering Initiatives

    Request Received: 25 September 2024

    I am requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 concerning the UK’s involvement in upcoming climate change mitigation projects. As someone deeply concerned about the urgent need to address the climate crisis, I would like to understand the government's role in exploring new techniques and partnerships to combat climate change, including geoengineering methods.

    Specifically, I am requesting the following information:

    1.Details of any upcoming or planned projects addressing climate change mitigation, particularly those involving geoengineering techniques.

    2.Information on partnerships or collaborations with other countries, organizations, or research institutions related to climate change initiatives.

    3.A list of techniques or technologies being explored as potential solutions to the climate crisis, such as Stratospheric Aerosol Injection, Solar Radiation Management, and other forms of geoengineering.

    4.Any assessments or evaluations of the most effective or promising techniques currently under consideration for combating climate change.

    5.Information on funding or financial allocations for these initiatives, including any future projections.

    Please provide the requested information in an electronic format. If any portion of this request is beyond your department’s scope, I would appreciate your guidance on where I might find the appropriate information

    Published: 2 December 2024

  3. FOI2024/00819: UK-Switzerland CR&D Round 2

    Request Received: 16 September 2024

    If the information is available and you are able to share it could you please answer the following.

    For the UK-Switzerland CR&D Round 2 please can you provide:

    1. The number of applications

    2. The number of successful applications

    3. The success rate

    4. the minimum successful score

    5. the maximum successful score

    6. maximum score of failed applications

    7. the score distribution of the applications, <70, 70.1-75, 75.1-80, 80.1-85, >85

    8. details of the portfolio metrics applied e.g. theme/category

    9. the count of assessed applications by portfolio element

    10. the count of successful projects by portfolio element

    11. the highest successful score by portfolio element

    12. the lowest successful score by portfolio element

    13. average grant fund value per project

    14. average grant fund value per project by portfolio element

    15. total funds allocated

    Published: 2 December 2024

  4. FOI2024/00706: Grant applications from Conigital Ltd

    Request Received: 8 August 2024

    Please could you respond to the following questions:

    0. How many submissions are in scope?

    1. What was / are the date(s) of the submission(s)?

    2. Under UKRI policies, what documentation does the organisation submitting the proposal need to provide to (a) validate the accuracy of the information presented and (b) that written consent was provided by each person?

    3. Were the submission(s) funded either in full or partially?

    Clarification Received: 13 August 2024

    Thank you and yes, by submissions I mean any application for funding made by Conigital Limited

    Published: 2 December 2024

  5. FOI2024/00741: Fast Start impact evaluation

    Request Received: 21 August 2024

    Under the FOI can you send me list of all funded companies in the last 24 months and break down of ethnicity and allocated funds.

    Clarification Received: 6 September 2024

    I would like clarification on the ethnicity which are asked for grants consisting of:

    •Age

    •Ethnic background / White / Black / Asian / Etc

    •religion

    •Gender

    •Sexuality / Heterosexual a Homosexuals

    •How many paid for school meals

    Further clarification Received: 6 September 2024

    [Regarding breakdown of ethnicity] the data requested is the following:

    1.number of funds allocated by ethnic groups and amounts.

    2.number of funds allocated by sexuality gender types:

    Published: 2 December 2024

  6. FOI2024/00879: Applications submitted by Discipline Classification – Primary

    Request Received: 1 October 2024

    For the period 2018 - September 2024 a breakdown of:

    1) Total percentage of applications submitted to the AHRC by “Discipline Classification – Primary” across all AHRC schemes* (i.e. what percentage of total applications came from each primary discipline as delineated by the AHRC?)

    2) Total percentage of successful bids funded by the AHRC by “Discipline Classification – Primary” across all AHRC schemes* (i.e. of the bids funded, what percentage came from what primary disciplines?)

    3) Average grant size (£ FEC) of awarded bids by “Discipline Classification – Primary” across all AHRC schemes* (i.e. when successful, what is the average amount awarded broken down by primary discipline?)

    * If the data cannot be provided as totals ‘across all schemes’ then please provide scheme by scheme for the same dates.

    Published: 2 December 2024

  7. FOI2024/00863: Committee Ethnicity - Replicated data tables for 2020/21 to 2023/24

    Request Received: 26 September 2024

    I do have one more request, relating to some of the most important findings in the evidence submission mentioned previously. I would be grateful if you could please provide the following data. Please replicate the data tables in FOI2020/00242, making the same assumptions and using the same measures, for financial years 2020/21 to 2023/24, which is the period subsequent to that in FOI2020/00242. This will help to track progress in the years following my original request.

    Published: 2 December 2024

  8. FOI2024/00877 - Induction material related to hard copies of media

    Request received: 28 September 2024

    Please can you disclose, preferably by PDF, a copy of any current induction material related to keeping hard copies of media etc. due to unavailability, or restricted availability, of streaming services/other internet-provided entertainment media on Antarctica.

    Published: 2 December 2024

  9. FOI2024/01037: STFC-level Workforce Gender-split

    Request Received: 5 November 2024

    I would like STFC-level statistics on female representation in the STFC workforce.

    I know that the UKRI gender pay gap report covers this for all the councils including STFC. I have searched around and it seems that the last STFC-specific reporting was done in 2018.

    I’d like to know the following stats– a snapshot of now is fine:

    • % men and % women in the overall STFC workforce.

    • % men and % women in each band, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H as well as within each band, %S1, %S2, and %non-STEM as well across both genders.

    • % men and % women occupying S1 roles and S2 roles and non-STEM banded roles (overall across all bands).

    Published: 2 December 2024

  10. FOI2024/00406: Animal experiments in 2022 & 2023

    Request Received: 13 May 2024

    I request to know the information for the years 2022 (01/01/2022 to 31/12/2022) and 2023 (01/01/2023 to 31/12/2023).

    1. Did the MRC experiments on animals?

    2. How many animals were used in experiments(species & number of each)?

    3. How many animals were bred on the premises (species & number of each)?

    4. What was the nature and outcome of these experiments?

    5. What are the Home Office licence classifications for these experiments in terms of pain, lasting harm, etc. if classified (species & number of each)?

    6. How many animals were killed without being used for experiments (species & the number of each)?

    7. How many animals were rehomed (species & number of each)?

    8. Of those that were not re-homed, why not?

    9. Does the MRC receive an income for performing animal research?

    10. Does the MRC incur any costs by performing animal research?

    11. Were there more non-animal research methods used than animal methods? Eg. 70% where non-animal models were used and 30% where animal models were used.

    12. Which non-animal research methods are available at the MRC? Eg. 3D printing, human skin cells, organ-on-a­chip.

    Published: 28 November 2024